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You Shall Strengthen Them: A Rabbinic Letter on the Poor
You Shall Strengthen Them: A Rabbinic Letter on the Poor, was derived from earlier published essays
Purim Song Sheet
This 1-page song sheet, prepared by Yossi Hoffman, contains the text, transliteration, and translation of popular songs for Purim.
Al Ha-nissim
This ready-to-use text, which includes commentary and kavanot, has been excerpted from Or Hadash: A
Lighting the Hanukkah Candles: Blessings & Songs
Text, translation, and transliteration of the blessings and popular songs to accompany the lighting
בדיקת חמץ: The Search for Hameitz
This one-page sheet includes text, instructions, and transliteration for the ritual of searching for hameitz and the destruction of hameitz.
Al Ha-nissim for Yom Ha-atzmaut
Siddur Sim Shalom for Shabbat, Festivals, and Weekdays incorporated a new Al Ha-nissim prayer, which was modeled on the versions recited at Hanukkah and on Purim into the Amidah and Birkat Ha-mazon.
Selected Sugyot of Masekhet Rosh Hashanah: When Sounding the Shofar is a Mitzvah and/or a Prohibition
Wednesday, September 11; 12:00 pm ET / 9:00 am PT / 7:00 pm Israel Time
Looking for in-depth Talmud study that will also provide homer lidrush for the upcoming High Holiday season? In this four-part series, our colleague Marcus Mordecai...
Selected Sugyot of Masekhet Rosh Hashanah: Kingship, Remembrance, and Shofar Verses and the Order of the Shofar Blasts
Wednesday, September 4; 12:00 pm ET / 9:00 am PT / 7:00 pm Israel Time
Looking for in-depth Talmud study that will also provide homer lidrush for the upcoming High Holiday season? In this four-part series, our colleague Marcus Mordecai...
Selected Sugyot of Masekhet Rosh Hashanah: The Meaning(s) of the Sounds of the Shofar Blasts
Wednesday, August 21st; 12:00 pm ET / 9:00 am PT / 7:00 pm Israel Time
Looking for in-depth Talmud study that will also provide homer lidrush for the upcoming High Holiday season? In this four-part series, our colleague Marcus Mordecai...
Pesah Guide 5784
The Rabbinical Assembly Pesah guide, which can be downloaded here, outlines the policies and procedures relevant to the preparation of a kosher for Pesah home in accordance with the principles of Conservative Judaism's understanding of Jewish...
RA Women's Network Happy Hour
Thursday, August 15th; 8:00 - 9:30 pm ET / 5:00 - 6:30 pm PT
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Welcome our newest colleagues!
Laugh, share stories, and connect at our happy hour for female-identified rabbis as well as nonbinary or gender-expansive people who...
Requesting a Mentor for our Rabbi
Welcome to our RA's Ometz Mentoring program. Use this form to share information about your rabbi so that we can find an appropriate mentor for them. Once we've made the connection between mentor and mentee, we will ask both to commit to specific...
5784 Annual Campaign Messages
Please leave messages for Jan Caryl Kaufman and Navah Harlow below; they will be collected and presented to them. Please read more about this year's annual campaign here. Please register for the Annual Campaign Dinner...
Gun Violence Resources
Acts of gun violence, whether perpetrated against the Jewish community or not, are shattering the peace and sanctity of our lives at an alarming rate.